Overview

Naked Turtle Beach is located on the west shore of Lake Champlain, near Plattsburgh in New York State. This spot offers lake access with a pleasant beach. Lake Champlain provides good fetch and regular winds for kitesurfing. Pleasant natural setting with views of Vermont's Green Mountains.

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Spot forecast for Naked Turtle Beach

Sunrise 07:15 · Sunset 18:01

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< 7 kn7–12 kn13–20 kn21–30 kn31–40 kn41+ kn Gusts Your minimum: 7 kn

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Naked Turtle Beach: when to go?

Rideable days and hours computed for a minimum wind of 7 knots · log in to set your own (foil, twin-tip…)

Season · peak

265h

in April · 27 rideable days

The season runs from March to August, peaking in April: 25 rideable days a month and 265 hours of usable wind, at 20 °C. The low point is September, at 19.5 days.

Rideable days per month

Wind strength when it is rideable

7-12 knots · 88%13-20 knots · 12%

When the spot works, wind sits mostly between 7 and 12 knots — 88% of rideable hours. Big-kite territory. The coldest month is January, at -3 °C. The wettest month is June, with 89 mm.

Monthly averages: Naked Turtle Beach

Monthly averages — Naked Turtle Beach — averaged over 2 years of records — Weather data by Open-Meteo.com — How it is calculated
Month	Rideable days	Usable wind	Temperature	Rain
January	21.0	152 h	-3 °C	45 mm
February	21.5	170 h	-1 °C	39 mm
March	25.5	246 h	7 °C	49 mm
April	27.0	265 h	12 °C	52 mm
May	25.0	230 h	20 °C	37 mm
June	24.0	235 h	25 °C	89 mm
July	24.0	183 h	28 °C	85 mm
August	24.0	188 h	25 °C	62 mm
September	19.5	150 h	23 °C	34 mm
October	21.5	175 h	15 °C	56 mm
November	21.0	166 h	6 °C	39 mm
December	23.5	163 h	-1 °C	50 mm

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Technical details of Naked Turtle Beach spot

The spot works with winds from N, NNE, NE, ENE, E, ESE, SE, SSE, S, SSW, SW, WSW, W, WNW, NW, NNW.

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Spot opening date · Required level

Spot opening date: Open all year round
Required level: Intermediate

On the water

Fresh waters of Lake Champlain. Good fetch producing chop in sustained wind. Moderate depth. Sandy and pebbly bottom. No tide.

Hazards

Waves possible in strong wind. Cold waters, especially in spring and fall. Boat traffic in summer. Sudden thunderstorms possible.

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